Bermuda, as a British Overseas Territory, is a party to the
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and
Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (the
Convention) (the United Kingdom being the relevant contracting
state on behalf of Bermuda, having ratified the Convention on
Bermuda's behalf).
By its terms, the Convention is mandatory and must be followed
by foreign entities seeking to serve process in Bermuda.
Service through the designated central authority
The main provisions dealing with the transmission of documents
for service under the Convention are set out in Chapter 1 (Articles
2-16 of the Convention). The Convention provides for the
designation of a central authority to receive requests for service
coming from other contracting states and execute them (Article 2).
The designated central authority, in the case of Bermuda, is the
Registry of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.
